Finding candidate options for investment : from building blocks to composite options and preliminary screening / / Paul K. Davis ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, : Rand Corporation, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 70 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 623.82580973
• Soggetto topico: Government purchasing - United States - Methodology; Public investments - United States - Methodology
• Soggetto geografico: United States Armed Forces Procurement Methodology
• Altri autori: DavisPaul K. <1943->
• Note generali: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."; "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-70).
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction BCOT's structure and flow The centralized interface : inputs and outputs A notional example Conclusions and next steps Appendix A. Effectiveness calculations Appendix B. Subtleties in the concept of nearness to the efficient frontier Appendix C.A genetic algorithm approach for identifying good candidate options Appendix D. Changing building blocks or scenarios Appendix E. Changing list names (scenarios, focus, etc.)Appendix F. Changing parameters Appendix G. Array operations used in BCOT Appendix H. Excel-based graphics for BCOT
• Sommario/riassunto: This report describes a methodology and prototype tool, the Building Blocks to Composite Options Tool (BCOT), for identifying good candidate options to use in investment analysis.
• Titolo autorizzato: Finding candidate options for investment
• ISBN: 1-281-73648-1; 0-8330-4488-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220159603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; ; TR-501-OSD.